Lani buys groceries at the store for $30.25. He spent $5.25 on apples, $3.25 on a box of crackers, and the rest on 3 pounds of lunch meat. How much did the lunch meat cost, in dollars per pound?
Before buying the lunch meat, Lani spent 5.25 + 3.25 = $<<5.25+3.25=8.50>>8.50.
Thus, the lunch meat cost 30.25 - 8.50 = $<<30.25-8.50=21.75>>21.75.
Hence, Lani paid 21.75 / 3 = $<<21.75/3=7.25>>7.25 per pound. Answer: \boxed{7.25}.
To find the cost of the lunch meat per pound, we need to subtract the cost of apples and crackers from the total cost of groceries.
Total cost of groceries = $30.25
Cost of apples = $5.25
Cost of crackers = $3.25
The cost of the lunch meat is the difference between the total cost of groceries and the cost of apples and crackers.
Cost of lunch meat = Total cost of groceries - Cost of apples - Cost of crackers
Cost of lunch meat = $30.25 - $5.25 - $3.25
Solving the equation, we get:
Cost of lunch meat = $21.75
Now, to find the cost of lunch meat per pound, we divide the cost of lunch meat by the number of pounds.
Cost per pound of lunch meat = Cost of lunch meat / Number of pounds
Since we have 3 pounds of lunch meat:
Cost per pound of lunch meat = $21.75 / 3
Calculating the division, we find:
Cost per pound of lunch meat = $7.25
Therefore, the lunch meat costs $7.25 per pound.
To find out how much the lunch meat cost per pound, we first need to know how much Lani spent on the lunch meat.
Lani spent a total of $30.25 at the store. We know that he spent $5.25 on apples and $3.25 on a box of crackers. So, to find out how much he spent on the lunch meat, we can subtract the amount spent on apples and crackers from the total amount spent.
Total amount spent - Amount spent on apples - Amount spent on crackers = Amount spent on lunch meat
$30.25 - $5.25 - $3.25 = Amount spent on lunch meat
$21.75 = Amount spent on lunch meat
Now we know that Lani spent $21.75 on 3 pounds of lunch meat. To find out how much the lunch meat cost per pound, we can divide the total amount spent on the lunch meat by the number of pounds.
Cost per pound = Amount spent on lunch meat / Number of pounds
Cost per pound = $21.75 / 3 pounds
Cost per pound = $7.25
Therefore, the lunch meat cost $7.25 per pound.